infrastructure

Improved flood gauge sensors and proactive alerts to first responders are also in the works.

The city has held community workshops in every city council district to inform residents about it and gather their feedback.

The workshops are intended to inform the public about the planned Sports & Entertainment District and get feedback from them about how the city should move forward.

City leaders said the infrastructure upgrades would be necessary to support the new Spurs arena downtown and a slate of other proposed projects.

The city council will vote on a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Bexar County and the San Antonio Spurs on Thursday that will allow in-depth negotiations to begin.

They also approved a public infrastructure grant for JCB Texas. The grant money will extend Kelly Parkway and a water main to serve the JCB manufacturing facility under construction on the South Side.

Experts said the deaths were nearly universally preventable with basic safety standards that are required by law, but which companies often ignore.

Texas loses billions of gallons of water a year to broken pipes and leaks. The problem is worse in rural areas.

A letter from the Texas Democratic congressional delegation called on the U.S. Department of Energy to prioritize union workplaces for hydrogen energy funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill.

Texas is now home to 30 million people, a population record shared with only one other U.S. state: California. What does the influx of new residents mean for the state’s resources?